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Yasuda, Tomoyuki; Lei, Pui-Wa; Suen, Hoi K. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2007
This study examines the differential item functioning (DIF) of the English version and the Japanese-translated version of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List--Revised (MAACL-R) using the logistic regression (LR) procedure. The results of the LR are supplemented by multiple group confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA). A total of five items are…
Descriptors: English, Japanese, Translation, Affective Measures
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Lowe, Patricia A.; Peyton, Vicki; Reynolds, Cecil R. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2007
A sample of 79 individuals participated in the present study to evaluate the test score stability (8-week test-retest interval) and construct validity of the scores of the Adult Manifest Anxiety Scale-College Version, a new measure used to assess anxiety in college students, for application to graduate-level students. Results of the study…
Descriptors: Scores, Graduate Students, Construct Validity, Test Validity
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Webster, Jeffrey Dean; Gould, Odette – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2007
This study examined reminiscence functions and vivid (i.e., landmark) personal memories in nine samples ranging from the teens to the nineties. Participants (n = 198) ranging in age from 18-95 years completed the Reminiscence Functions Scale (Webster, 1997) and described a vivid personal memory which was subsequently rated for frequency of recall,…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Older Adults, Adults, Interpersonal Relationship
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Sheeran, Paschal; Aubrey, Richard; Kellett, Stephen – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
The present study evaluated an implementation intention intervention that aimed to increase attendance at scheduled, initial appointments for psychotherapy by helping clients to manage negative feelings about attendance. Participants received a postal questionnaire that measured their views about attending psychotherapy. One half of the sample was…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Intention, Questionnaires, Psychotherapy
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Mangold, Deborah L.; Veraza, Rafael; Kinkler, Lori; Kinney, Nathan A. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2007
Neuroticism is a risk factor for mood and anxiety disorders and a strong predictor of subjective stress in non-Hispanics. This study examined neuroticism as a predictor of subjective acculturative stress in 122 Mexican American college students. Neuroticism was measured using the Revised Neuroticism Extroversion Openness Personality Inventory…
Descriptors: Neurosis, Mexican Americans, College Students, Anxiety
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Inglese, Terry; Mayer, Richard E.; Rigotti, Francesca – Learning and Instruction, 2007
Can archives of audiovisual TV interviews be used to make authors more visible to students, and thereby reduce the learning gap between native and non-native language speakers in college classes? We examined students in a college course who learned about one scholar's ideas through watching an audiovisual TV interview (i.e., visible author format)…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Television, Second Language Learning, Interviews
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Repacholi, Betty M.; Meltzoff, Andrew N. – Child Development, 2007
Two experiments examined whether 18-month-olds learn from emotions directed to a third party. Infants watched an adult perform actions on objects, and an Emoter expressed Anger or Neutral affect toward the adult in response to her actions. The Emoter then became neutral and infants were given access to the objects. Infants' actions were influenced…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Psychological Patterns, Affective Behavior
Nikitenko, Gleb – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The self-directed learning (SDL) in all of its characteristics measured in students and in various learning contexts continues to have a very important role in educational research and requires new explorations. Contemporary research indicates that there is a direct positive relationship between the level of student self-directed learning…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Learning Readiness, Independent Study, Online Courses
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Kaufman, James C.; Agars, Mark D.; Lopez-Wagner, Muriel C. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
Non-cognitive factors represent a chance to learn more about how to help students succeed in early college experiences. This study examined personality and motivation as predictors of first-quarter GPA in a sample of 315 non-traditional undergraduates at a Hispanic-serving institution. Our results provide support for the importance of high levels…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Incentives, Student Motivation, Personality
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Shen, Liping; Wang, Minjuan; Shen, Ruimin – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
Using emotion detection technologies from biophysical signals, this study explored how emotion evolves during learning process and how emotion feedback could be used to improve learning experiences. This article also described a cutting-edge pervasive e-Learning platform used in a Shanghai online college and proposed an affective e-Learning model,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes, Learning Experience, Foreign Countries
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Schimmack, Ulrich; Schupp, Jurgen; Wagner, Gert G. – Social Indicators Research, 2008
Subjective well-being (SWB) has two components: affective well-being (AWB) and cognitive well-being (CWB). The present study demonstrated that AWB and CWB have are influenced by different factors in a nationally representative sample in Germany (N = 1053). Neuroticism was a stronger predictor of AWB than CWB. Unemployment and regional differences…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Children, Personality Traits, Social Indicators
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DeBellis, Valerie A.; Goldin, Gerald A. – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2006
We discuss a research-based theoretical framework based on affect as an internal representational system. Key ideas include the concepts of meta-affect and affective structures, and the constructs of mathematical intimacy and mathematical integrity. We understand these as fundamental to powerful mathematical problem solving, and deserving of…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Models, Affective Measures, Elementary School Students
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Jones, Rebecca – Journal of Political Science Education, 2008
Assessment of learning outcomes and evaluation of teaching methods are necessary in order to ensure that students are learning the lessons that faculty believe they are conveying. Quantitative data on the effectiveness of various pedagogical methods allows faculty to make adjustments to classes over time. Regular assessment of student learning…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Instructional Effectiveness
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Lau, Shun; Roeser, Robert W. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
This study adopted a person-centered approach to examine organized patterns of psychological factors and their relations to achievement and engagement in a sample of high school students. Four types of students characterized by unique configurations of cognitive, motivational, and affective characteristics were identified in both the male and…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Factor Analysis, Cognitive Ability, High School Students
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Calvo, Manuel G.; Nummenmaa, Lauri – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2007
Prime pictures of emotional scenes appeared in parafoveal vision, followed by probe pictures either congruent or incongruent in affective valence. Participants responded whether the probe was pleasant or unpleasant (or whether it portrayed people or animals). Shorter latencies for congruent than for incongruent prime-probe pairs revealed affective…
Descriptors: Semantics, Attention, Emotional Response, Affective Measures
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